Chitapur
Chitapur
ಚಿತ್ತಾಪುರ | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Gulbarga district |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 26,974 |
| • Density | 7,706.86/km2 (19,960.7/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 585211 |
| Telephone code | 08474 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
| Vehicle registration | KA-32 |
| Sex ratio | 1:1 ♂/♀ |
| Website | karnataka |
Chittapur is a panchayat town in Gulbarga district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is also the headquarters of the Chittapuru taluk.
Geography
Chitapur is located at 17°07′N 77°05′E / 17.12°N 77.08°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 403 metres (1322 ft). The town is spread over an area of 3.5 km².[2]
Chitapur Taluk has borders only with other Taluks of Gulbarga district. It borders Gulbarga taluk to the north-west, Chincholi Taluk district to the north, Sedam taluk to the east, Yadgir Taluk to the south-east, Shahpur Taluk to the south and Jevargi Taluk to the west.
Kagna river flows in this taluk.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[3] Chitapur had a population of 26,974. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chitapur has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 54% and female literacy of 38%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
- Good Shepherd lps chittapur
- Govt. P U College Chittapur
- Shri Revana Siddappa Appa Degree College Chittapur
- Nagavi Education Society's P U College Of Arts And Science Chittapur
- Nagavi Education Society's High School chittapur
- Nagavi Education Society's Higher Primary School Chittapur
- Shishuvihar higherprimery school chitapur
- Bethany High school Chittapur.
- Royal Oxford English medium chitapur
- Government High school and Jr. college chitapur
- G.M.P.S high school chitapur
- Girls high school chitapur
- Annemma Gobbur High school chitapur
- Kelagery Primary School chitapur
- Francis school (English Medium)
- Devanand English and Kannada primary school
- Pramod girls school
- JNANA GANGA HIGHER PRIMEY SCHOOL CHITTAPUR
- Smt. SEEMA GHAWARIYS HIGH SCHOOL CHITTAPUR
- adarsha vidyalaya (R M S A) English medium school chittapur
- Al-Hikmat Urdu medium primary school
- S B Computers Training Center Chittapur
Places to See
- Hazrat chita sha wali and Hazrat peer quadri dargah a 12th-century Sufi saint tombs located at baherpeth Chittapur.
- Chitapur Nagavi village in Chitapur Taluk was the location of a ghatika which is an ancient education centre for higher learning.[4]
- Sannati village in Chitapur Taluk along the banks of the river Bhima where rock edicts of the period of the King Ashoka and a possible early Buddhist settlement has been excavated.[5]
- Kanaganahalli (3-km from Sannati); also on the banks of the river Bhima is the place where an ancient Buddhist Mahastupa site has been excavated.[6]
References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chitapur
- ^ The area of major towns in Karnataka has been mentioned in the webpage Population of Corporation/CMC/TMC/TP Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine belonging to the Municipal Administration Department of the Government of Karnataka
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ Description of a ghatika in detail is provided in the webpage authored by Jyotsna Kamat: History of Education, 1996-2007 Kamat's Potpourri
- ^ "Rock Edicts of Asoka from Sannati, Chitapur Taluk, Gulbarga district (Karnataka)" in the Indian Museum Bulletin, Vol. XXII, (Calcutta, 1989), PP. 7-15"
- ^ Excavation at Kanaganahalli has been described in Archaeological sites in Gulbarga Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka